Welcome all,
Today I’m very lucky to be
interviewing S.I. Hayes and Jess Haney author of:
JESS: Hudson
Brothers PI & A Heart String Love Affair
S.I.: (Series- Guardians of Grigori, The Natural Alpha, &
Manhattanites) The
Sweet Girls, & Administrative
Duties
TOGETHER: A County Fair Romance, A Sex, Drugs & Rock Romance,
& Working Class Beauties
ME: Hi Ladies, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Tell us a
little about yourself and your background?
S.I. and JESS: This is kind of funny because when we first started
writing A County Fair Romance everyone thought we lived close to one another
but that couldn't be further from the truth. I'm (Jess) a Kentucky gal through
and through
much like our Fallon. Where I'm (S.I.) from Connecticut
transplanted into Ohio. With Jess being a country gal and me being a Yankee we
figured that it would be interesting to see how our different backgrounds and
views would transpire on the page with two characters in love.
ME: What genre do you write?
S.I. and JESS: A little of this and a little of that. Jess writes
what we like to call Real-Life Romance. It touches those iffy topics that some
hate to talk about. So, together we make sure to keep with it. S.I. writes
Erotica, Horror, Fantasy and the list just keeps growing.
ME: What are you working on at the minute?
S.I. and JESS: Oh Jesus let's see...
JESS: I am working on A Heart Strings Love Affair book
three,
Hudson's Brothers PI book 2 as well as couple other projects.
S.I.: I am not working on anything on her own but together we are
working on A County Fair Romance book five, A Sex, Drugs & Rock book four,
Working Class Beauties book two, Love at Rincon Point, Under His Skin, and
Kincaid Falls.
Damn that's a lot of books but
hey it keeps the readers happy, right?
ME: Can you share a little of your current work with us?
S.I. and JESS: Harvest time, six babies, a senior and pregnant
again for the
Blackthorne/Hopkins Clan. That’s not counting business
expansions, wedding plans, and Justin and Fallon learning the roles of their
new lives. When you tie all that into one. This group is in for on hell of a
Fall. 
ME: Which actor/actress would you like to see playing the lead
character from your most recent book?
S.I. and JESS: Jason Moma for Steve and Dove Cameron for Crystal.
ME: While you were writing, do you ever feel as if you were one of
the characters?
S.I. and JESS: All the time. We have to get into the head space of
the character just to write them.
ME: When did you decide to become a writer?
S.I. HAYES I've literally been telling stories since I learned to
talk. I wrote my first short story when I was seven.
JESS: Lord I'm always telling stories. In school, we were always
told to write short stories and what's funny is I also wrote about a haunted
house and I can scary stuff.
ME: Which writers inspire you?
JESS: I love Alice Clayton, A.M. Willard and most diffidently
Louisa May Alcott. If it wasn't for Little Women I'd still hate reading. There are plenty of authors but these are who
I say when asked who I'd suggest.
S.I.: Anne Rice. Dean
Koontz, Margaret Wies, Douglas Adams, and Adam
Leak.
ME: Do you write on a typewriter, computer, dictate or longhand?
S.I. and JESS: We both use the computer as well as dictate.
ME: Do you work to an outline or plot or do you prefer to just see
where an idea takes you?
S.I. and JESS: We've tried to outline and plot but the characters
always do what they want and we just have to go with the flow.
ME: What book are you reading now?
S.I.: I'm not reading anything at the moment.
JESS: Right now, I'm reading or well listening to Hollywood Dirt by
Alessandra
Torre getting ready for the movie to come on Passionflix.
ME: Do you think that giving books away free works and why?
S.I. and JESS: We do because usually that's how we get new readers.
ME: How do you relax?
S.I. and JESS: What's that?
ME: What is your favorite quote?
S.I.: We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the
stars - Oliver Wilde
JESS: Have I gone Mad? I'm afraid so. You're entirely Bonkers. But
I'll tell you a Secret, All The Best People Are. - Alice In Wonderland
ME: What advice would you give to aspiring writers?
S.I. and JESS: Have faith and remember it doesn't happen overnight.
ME: What does your writing process look like?
S.I. and JESS: Notebooks, Calendars, Spreadsheets, and OMG the
bickering LOL
ME: What is your least favorite part of the publishing / writing
process?
S.I. and JESS: Publishing because that's where editing, formatting,
covers and all that fun junk come into place.
ME: Is there a certain type of scene that's harder for you to write
than others?
Love? Action? Racy?
S.I.: Humorous, I can't write funny shit just to be funny.
JESS: I hate sexual scenes but I can write them.
ME: Did you learn anything from writing your book(s) and what was
it?
S.I. and JESS: Life happens you just have to pick the pieces and
keep going.
ME: Name one entity that you feel supported you outside of family
members.
S.I. and JESS: That's the great thing about writing with a partner
you always have somebody who is there to support your work.
ME: Which famous person, living or dead would you like to meet and
why?
JESS: Mine would be a fiction character, Sig from Guardians of
Grigori by S.I.
S.I.: Jason Moma because I'd love to see if he could really break
the bed.
ME: What is your favorite theme/genre to write about?
S.I.: When I'm writing with Jess I'm just along for the ride and
when I'm writing alone I never know what direction my stories will unfold. So,
I can't pick a genre because I never know where is going to lie.
JESS: I like writing about things that happen every day. I'm always
adding a new social issue that I feel needs to be touched.
ME: What is your favorite theme/genre to read?
JESS: Romance.
S.I.: Paranormal.
ME: What secret talents do you have?
JESS: Honestly, I don't have any.
S.I.: I can't not disclose that information and have this interview
stay PG.
ME: If you had a superpower, what would it be?
JESS: I'd like to be able to know everything so that I can cure
cancer, autism and the stuff that they are still researching.
S.I.: I'd like to be able to fly because traveling would be easier.
ME: Where is one place you want to visit that you haven't been
before?
JESS: Scotland, Rome, you name anywhere but here and I want to see
it.
S.I.: In this country I'd
like to go to California but I'd also like to see Ireland and Australia.
ME: How can readers discover more about you and you work? i.e.
Website: Blog: Facebook: Twitter: Lnkedin: Pinterest: Amazon Author Page:
Smashwords: Book Links: (* American, UK, etc.) Goodreads. Please include links
or email them to me at vicber02@gmail.com *
Where to find JESS HANEY:
Pimp Team ARC Team Twitter
Where to find S.I. HAYES:
TOGETHER:
ME: Is there anything else you would like to add that I haven’t
included?
S.I. and JESS: Not that we can think of.
ME: Thank you very much for taking the time out of your busy
schedule to take part in this interview.
S.I. and JESS: Thank you so much for having us!
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